Reading: Tony Schumacher Saturday notes

SCHUMACHER TO START SIXTH
READING, Pa., August 22 - Handling the controls of his U.S. Army Top Fuel
dragster, Tony "The Sarge" Schumacher pocketed the sixth starting position here
Saturday during final qualifying for the Toyo Tires Nationals at...

SCHUMACHER TO START SIXTH

READING, Pa., August 22 - Handling the controls of his U.S. Army Top Fuel
dragster, Tony "The Sarge" Schumacher pocketed the sixth starting position here
Saturday during final qualifying for the Toyo Tires Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway.

Schumacher stopped the clock at 3.931-seconds in the day's only session and in
the process moved from 12th to sixth in the final race day order.

The Chicago-area resident will square off with 11th-place qualifier, Dom Lagana,
in the first round of eliminations on Sunday beginning at 11 a.m. ET.

"It was good to get out of the bottom half of the field," said Schumacher. "Like
yesterday, we had a nice run going until about half track, but it started to spin the tires
real bad and I shut it off early."

Even though this will be the first meeting of the season between Schumacher and
Lagana, the six-time world champion refuses to look beyond round one.

"We're definitely not taking him for granted," he added. "In fact, we don't take
anyone for granted. We're going to concentrate on taking care of business when we line
up against him."

Schumacher's goal heading into round 17 of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing
Series was to solidify his second-place standing in the Top Fuel points.

"We need to accomplish that very thing tomorrow," he said. "Obviously, we'd
like to leave Maple Grove with a trophy as well. I could use another piece of hardware
from this place."

With four career victories at Maple Grove Raceway, Schumacher leads the Top
Fuel class. He's also seeking his 60th career win overall.